The Doan

The NAFB Foundation presents The Doan award, sponsored by Agri-Pulse. The Doan recognizes and encourages excellence in reporting agriculture. The purpose of the award is to recognize excellence in reporting skill, thoroughness and attention to audience interest. Entries should describe the approach used to develop the reporting and coverage of that issue. The entry should also include enough examples of the program(s) to illustrate the scope of the work. All work submitted must have aired between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016.

When submitting entries, broadcasters should consider submitting entries that:
• Relate broadly to food, agriculture, natural resources, rural affairs and related matters of vital public interest;
• Have the necessary components to potentially cause or encourage positive changes, or neutralize negative issues impacting agriculture;
• Encourage a call to action by listeners to improve themselves, their industry or the communities in which they live.

Be mindful that these are guidelines, not prerequisites, for your submission. Ultimately, it will be your broadcast, your topic and your professionalism in presenting that topic. All entries will receive a critique of their work from the judging panel at the completion of the contest.

To enter this year’s competition, NAFB member farm broadcasters can enter here. Entries must be received by February 24. The Doan will be presented in Washington, DC in March at National Ag Day.

Stewart Doan, whom The Doan is named in honor of, began his career as a farm broadcaster in Jonesboro, Arkansas after graduating from the University of Kentucky. Stewart spent more than 30 years covering agriculture news and policy on television, radio and the internet. His ability to conduct interviews with policy leaders and decision makers was admired by all who knew him. Stewart served as president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting in 1998, was recognized by his peers in 2006 as Farm Broadcaster of the Year and was inducted into the NAFB Hall of Fame in 2012. Stewart passed away suddenly in May 2012. His passion for agriculture and reporting on the issues affecting farmers and consumers is missed by the entire agriculture community.

Doan Recipients

2017 – Dustin Hoffman, KLGR Radio
Redwood Falls, MN

Yearly Cattle Vaccinations in Southwest Minnesota

2016 – Ben Nuelle
​Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network
Des Moines, IA

Buried To The Neck

2015 – Michelle Rook
WNAX Radio
Yankton, SD

Rail Crisis Costs Northwestern Corn Belt Farmers

"I’ve been an NAFB member for over 40 years and our station has been in the organization for over 50 years. NAFB membership has given me a chance to meet top leaders in agriculture, government and agribusiness in both professional and social settings. Some of my closest friends I met through NAFB."

In early 2016, corporate restructuring in RFD TV brought Janet Adkison back to Tennessee, but she kept one foot in the nation’s capital, traveling back for various events. This summer the change is official. Janet is now full-time on the anchor desk welcoming audiences each morning during the Market Day Report and nightly during the Rural Evening News.

Joe Daughhetee (WITY, Danville, IL) graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a BS in accounting and an MS in business. Joe has been in private industry accounting with experience in cost accounting, and for the past 25 years, in public accounting.